{"id":28003,"date":"2019-11-05T22:49:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/uncategorized\/meet-the-museum-of-the-city-of-athens\/28003\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T14:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T11:46:01","slug":"meet-the-museum-of-the-city-of-athens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/athens\/small-museums-in-athens-and-pireus\/meet-the-museum-of-the-city-of-athens\/28003\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Museum of the City of Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The object of the museum is the city of Athens after it became the capital of the Greek state<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/?tag=moyseio-tis-poleos-ton-athinon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Museum of the City of Athens <\/strong><\/a>could only be housed in the heart of the capital. In Kalfthomonos Square. You can go by car, but what&#8217;s the point when you can move there by public transport? There is a stop a few meters from the entrance of the museum and the gas-fuelled bus will save you from great discomfort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The object of the museum is the city of Athens since it became the capital of the Greek state until today.<\/strong> The exhibition unfolds in two historic buildings with paintings, engravings, furniture and other historical objects.<\/p>\n<p>Before the exhibition begins, a 3D view of the historical sites of the city and its buildings puts the visitor in the mood. And the work of the French painter Jacques Karet, of 1786, cannot go unnoticed. <strong>It is the largest canvas oil painting ever made for Athens!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first of the two buildings on 7 Paparigopoulou str, is one of the first buildings of the city of Athens after the establishment of the modern Greek state. 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You can not ignore the details and not be impressed. Ceilings, furniture, chandeliers, doors, frames of a bygone era which makes you feel as if you were there.<\/p>\n<p>The visit to <a href=\"\/?tag=moyseio-tis-poleos-ton-athinon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>the Museum of the City of Athens <\/strong><\/a>has been completed. The aristocratic <a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/tag\/athens-en-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Athens<\/strong><\/a>of the 19th century gives way to the capital of the 21st century. You get lost in the past. Until you hear the first car horn and come back to the present&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Or visit another of the city&#8217;s dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/tag\/greek-museums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>museums<\/strong><\/a>. The hidden treasures of the capital that you don&#8217;t know exist next to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The object of the museum is the city of Athens after it became the capital of the Greek state The Museum of the City of Athens could only be housed in the heart of the capital. In Kalfthomonos Square. 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